This is the second milestone pre-release on the way to a new major version Apache MINA SSHD 3.0.0.
Like regular releases it is available in Maven Central and in the Apache repositories; the Apache source release is also at the usual location.
See the change notes for what has changed with respect to version 2.
The focus in this milestone was on the use of cryptography. Bundles sshd-common and sshd-osgi have become multi-release JARs. Apache MINA SSHD 3.0.0-M2 now supports
- On Java11+: using Java's built-in ChaCha20 cipher for the
chacha20-poly1305@openssh.comSSH cipher, which bring a hug speed-up. - On Java15+: using Java's built-in ed25519 private/public key implementation instead on Bouncy Castle or net.i2p.crypto:eddsa.
- On Java24+: using Java's built-in ML-KEM post-quantum key exchange method instead of Bouncy Castle.
Version 3 of Apache MINA SSHD is not API compatible with version 2. API comparison reports and a (very high-level and tentative) roadmap are available on the 3.0.0 development website.
This pre-release has passed all our quality and regression tests, just like any other release. We encourage interested parties to try this pre-release. Be aware that APIs might change in future milestone pre-releases.
Full Changelog since 3.0.0-M1: sshd-3.0.0-M1...sshd-3.0.0-M2